I want curry all the time right now. I think I’ve said that at least 6 times on the blog in the last week, but I’m serious. Who cares about anything else when there’s curry to eat. I’ve gone out to get curry, my friend Vanessa made me curry, and now I’ve made curry myself. What’s cool about this dish is if you want to make it in under 15 minutes, all you have to do is swap the beef out for shrimp and just remove the broccoli since it doesn’t cook through as quickly. Boom, easy quick meal. No complaining about food taking long. Because complaining is gross. Nobody likes a complainer, unless I’m doing the complaining, then it’s totally fine. Wait, what?
Crap, you know what I haven’t done in quite sometime. Given you a wedding update!! I’ve been writing a book, buying a house, trying to figure out what the f*ck to put in the house, feeling broke from buying a house, going on book tour, oh yeah…and planning a wedding? Sh*t, I need to get on it.
Here’s what we do know:
- We are getting married in Montego Bay, Jamaica in spring
- We booked the hotel we are staying at and we’ve sent out invitations via email. No paper invitations for us. Pretty sure 2 out of 80 people have booked it. Killing it, friends, you’re killing it.
- Brian will have 9 groomsmen and I will have 5 or 6 or 4 bridesmaids? I still haven’t even asked all of mine. Dammit, Juli. One bridesmaid got knocked up on me and will have a child hooked to her boob that month, so she won’t be making it. Selfish.
- I have a wedding dress. Wellllll, I pick it up next week in LA. I still need a veil though.
- Also, I bought a dress a while ago because I found one I loved and now I need to sell it since I found the one I will actually be wearing. Where the hell do I do that? Teach me stuff.
Here’s what we don’t know:
- Colors. Who the hell wants to choose colors? Not me. So I think I’m going to tell my girls that they can get a taupe, mauve or blush dress. Short or long. I plan on giving them dresses to choose from or they can choose whatever they want. We are going to be tipsy, in Jamaica, on the beach…I absolutely do not care what they wear. They’re trustworthy humans. Oh crap, I have a bridesman too to think about.
- Flowers. I could give a crap about flowers. Flowers die. I don’t want my love to. So I do not care about them. Isn’t that a charming analogy?
- Flights. Sh*t, we need to book that.
- My hair and makeup. They have a person who does it there, but that’s nerve racking to me. I need to figure that out. I also want extensions. Just the clip in ones. I want so much hair that Brian can’t find me face when he pulls my veil up. Ok, maybe a little less than that.
- Should I have a bachelorette party? Brian already had his bachelor party. He’s on top of his sh*t. I just feel bad asking my girlfriends to do anything that costs money when I’m already asking them to go to Jamaica. Tell me what to do.
- Everything else. I need to check in with my travel agent. I need to get on top of my sh*t.
I’m exhausted from thinking about wedding planning. Let’s just eat curry instead.
Red Thai Beef Curry
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons ghee
- 1 pound flank steak, thinly sliced
- a couple pinches of salt
- 3 minced garlic cloves
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, diced
- 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
- 2 (14 ounce) cans of coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons red curry paste
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon coconut aminos
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 head of broccoli, cut into florets
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 lemongrass stalk
- 2 lime leaves
For garnish
- fresh sliced limes
- chopped fresh cilantro
- cauliflower rice (optional)
Instructions
- If you are making cauliflower rice, make that first.
- Place a wok or large saute pan over medium heat. Add ghee and thinly sliced flank steak. Sprinkle with salt and cook until seared and browned, about 3-4 minutes. Remove and set aside for later. To the hot pan, add garlic, yellow onion, and ginger and sauté for about 1 minute.
- Next add 1 can of coconut milk (cream and water) along with red curry paste, fish sauce and coconut aminos. Use a whisk to break up the curry paste and mix to combine. Then add pepper, broccoli, mushrooms, lemongrass and lime leaves. Cover and let cook for 15 minutes or until broccoli is tender.
- Once the broccoli is fork tender, add seared beef back to the wok or pan along with the cream of the other can of coconut milk.* Cook for 2-3 more minutes to heat through.
- Remove lemongrass stalk and lime leaves. Garnish curry with fresh lime juice and cilantro and serve with cauliflower rice.
Notes
*For the 2 cans of coconut milk, use 1 full can of coconut milk and for the second can, scoop out just the cream and leave behind the water. This will give you a super creamy curry.
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I feel you on the wedding planning! I have tons of things written down and searched out, I just hate executing them!! I did sell a dress on oncewed.com. The payment was a little hectic so we ended up doing an eBay transaction, but still simple. I love the mismatched look and let’s face it, I don’t want to tell my girls what to wear. I am giving them a color palette and letting them go off to pick their own dress. Good luck!
LOL, I love everything you write-literary masterpieces for sure!! Okay, wedding stuff.
Do know:
1. That will be amazing, I’m sure!
2. That is awesome, ballsy but awesome!
3. Wedding party counts don’t have to match, when in doubt, it;s your wedding, you do what you want with whom you want!
4. Can’t wait to see it! You don’t have to have a veil, a little piece of jewelry for the hair is cool too!
5. Donate it?
Don’t know:
1. I love the color family pick your own bridesmaid idea! It’s the best option 100% of the time, do it!
2. I too think flowers are dumb since they are super expensive and they die…which is why I did FAKE flowers that looked 100% real. I still have my wedding bouquet in a vase in my home 😉 I got my bride bouquet made online and when it came I took out some of the greenery and added some little details to it on my own. I got the rest of the bridesmaid flowers from michaels made bouquets one night while drinking wine…also, corsages and boutonnieres are sold with pin already attached online! Real flowers are dumb.
3. yeah, book that…
4. yes, I wish I had gotten clip on extensions just for more volume!
5. YES! Get ridic dolled up and wear a big tulle skirt and a white crop top and galavant around some town with your girlfriends!
I LOVE curry, I need to make this now!!
Absolutely do a little something for a bachelorette party! You’ll be glad you did even if it’s just a poolside lunch and drinks at a local hotel, or at the hotel in Jamaica.
Richer colors for flowers and bridesmaid/man attire will ensure the beach wedding photos are not washed out. Think of your wedding party as your and Brian’s frame in your photos. Best advice is keep it simple and go with your gut!
Before my wedding last year, my stylist passed on advice she was given– at one point in the day, be sure to stop and look around to take it all in. That is the moment I still remember the most! Oh, and HAVE FUN!
Got married in Negril almost 22 years ago; wonderful experience. We had to send copies of documents down there in advance so we could get a Jamaican marriage license. Sent 30 days in advance, on day 31 the slow boat to the Islands still hadn’t arrived. Got there a day before we did. That was the only major panic. Everything else was irie. Best wishes!!
Here is what I have to say about the wedding: I got married 20 years ago in Hawaii while living in TX. 1-Don’t use hair extensions! You should look like your beautiful self on your wedding day 2- I had people on the island make small bouquets out of native flowers, sight unseen 3- give the bridesmaids one color and tell them to pick their own dress, brides man use that color shirt. 4-we had bachelorette party but literally just went out to our favorite places at home, or doing at resort sounds good if you have time! 5-book your flights now! You don’t need to coordinate with everyone just take care of yours.
It’ll be great!
You can sell your dress at preownedweddingdresses.com
And I feel your pain with wedding planning. We just downsized from 120 to 30 ppl because of the stress
Hey Girl! We just did a destination beach wedding. My husband had 9 groomsmen, I had 4 bridesmaids. It was perfectly imperfect.
I felt the same way you did about the bachelorette party. We just went out and got really drunk 2 nights prior – didn’t spend too much, and if you gallivant around with a fake tutu or crown, guys will buy you AND all your girls drinks anyways. 🙂 win, win, win.
We almost opted out of flowers too because they are so pricey, but they actually ended up being the icing on the cake as we were able to get gorgeous tropical flowers for cheap!
Good luck!!
I had success selling my dress at a consignment shop called The Green Bride in Littleton, CO. My 3rd was the charm so I sold 2 dresses there!
Looking forward to trying another great recipe!!
wedding dress: sell it on http://www.preownedweddingdresses.com
I feel the same way about flowers!! I hate them for any occasion. Especially for Valentine’s Day. I always tell my hubs to buy me chocolate instead.
And about a veil…my sister got married at the beach and her veil was blowing in her face the entire time. It was ridiculous. Maybe consider not having one? Just my 2 cents!